Mohamed
Salah struck late against the Blues to secure a 1-0 win at St
Jakob-Park - Basel's second victory over the Londoners in this season's
Champions League group phase - and Yakin could not fault the endeavour
of his team or the vociferous support from the fans.

"To win
twice against Chelsea is something historic. But we have now played four
times against them and are therefore not awestruck," he told reporters
after the match.

"I'm very happy for the team and for all who
witnessed it in the stadium. But that Mourinho has had to congratulate
me twice is already something beautiful.

"We fought for every
blade of grass. In the second half we controlled play, it took several
attempts but in the end it worked out.

"It would have been
undeserved had we not won or even lost, which can happen against an
efficient Chelsea. The supporters pushed us over the 90 minutes to the
end - they wanted us to win just as much as we did."

Yakin went
on to pay particular tribute to match-winner Salah for his late run and
finish and stressed the Swiss champions were fully deserving of their
"final" to come against Schalke on matchday six.

"We are glad
that Salah is with us, he builds up a lot of attention when he is in top
form. He's an attraction," added the former midfielder.

"The
team deserved to reach a final against Schalke and now we've even
overtaken them in the table, but it is of course very difficult in
Gelsenkirchen. But it feels great that we're still in the race [for the
next round]."

Basel's win moves them into second in Group E on
eight points, one ahead of Schalke and one behind leaders Chelsea, who
have qualified for the next round by virtue of the Bundesliga side's 0-0
draw with Steaua Bucharest. ---------------- goal.com